The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-05
DOCTOR ANDFCOR0NER.
TIE TWO COUNTY PHYSICIANS
And County Coroner Chosen Yesterday by
tho Hoard Ut Commissloners-A Short
but Very Interesting scssion-Ths
Rond Appropriations Adopted.

All the memberso OF the Board OF County
Commissioners were present at the month
ly meeting yesterday. -, ~
The first matter takon up was the re-
port o. the Road and Bridge Committee
recommending the annual appropriations
ont OF the general county fund for road
aud bridge purposes. Mr.. Maxwell
moved to adopt. Mr.. speidel moved to
conalder 1t item by. item, which plan
President Gruse lAlr. McGrcgor in the
chair advocated.
The report ne scaled down by the com
mitteo since the last meeting, reducing
the aggregate to slo,325, was finally
| adopted.
The ordinance prescribing that two
physicians be elected biennially, one
TO attend at the lnfrmary and
county csse5 in the country, and
the other in tho city, and that
"the compensation shall be $500 an.
nually for the services Of said physician or
physicians" was adopted, and the cleo
ton made under 1t. For the City Distric.
Dr.. G. l. Garrison received 9 votes, DR..
r. J. Reed and Dr.. L. D.. Wilson Z. DR..
&. A. Cracrsit was unanimously elected
| for the Country District.
Squire SchultZs was reelected Coroner,
Receiving 6 votes out Of the 10 on the
fifth ballot. The other candidates were
W. II. Davis, D. Z. Phillips, Joseph A.
Ankle and DR.. E. Hoge.
Alfred Caldwell addressed the Board on
behalf OF the Natural Gas Company OF
West Virginia, asking that the assessment
Of damages to the amount OF 500 on the
Elm Grove road By the laying Of the com.
pany's pipe line be reconsdered, and
that a special committee be appointed 10
examine the MISTER and report. On mo.
, ton OF Mr.. Stein a committee OF 5, con-
sistins OF President Cruise, Messrs. Mich
oils, Maxwell, Stockcr and Speidel, was
appointed.
W. Braadstsup Was reelected engineer
ct the County 1nfrmary, and Mrs. Kate
| Beutcr mRtron.
The sum Of 500 was placed in the hands
Of Chairman stocker, OF tho Poor Com
mittee, to send paupers out OF the county.
The Committee on Court House and
Jail reported thst they had rented the
front room in the Court house basement
to Mesars. W. W .Arnett Il S. o. Boyce as q
law office.
4 number OF licenses were granted and
the necessary bonds received and filed.
The bond OF O. T. Blanchard as County
Assessor for the city district wls also re.
ceired and filed.
Bills TO the following amounts were or
dered paid on recommendation OF tho va
rious committees named:
Poor House and 90 Sc
RO4dS aud BFdEcs-- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 356 9S
Court House anu 1si W
10 sheriff (intettst on orders .:......... e0i II
To Oscar seeley (pIumb!ns IN Court house, - IS
The Sheriff Was credited with the sum
Of SGT .266 SO. county ordern paid by him,
and $50 So. road orders.
The use of one Of the court rooms was
granted to the Travellers Protective Asso.
ciation during their session in May. A
hall.dozsn Thermometers were ordered to
be purchaaed for use in the courts and
offices, and Light placed OF tho front
doc: OF the Court House.
William MueSe was appointed assistant
janitor Q: the Court House, at ealary OF
so per month; Mrs. Mary lizard, an ex-
ira assistant ut SIS per month.
1t was ordered that an electrotype CT the
Public Building DO procured for the use OF
the county.
The Board finished all Its business and
adjourned shortly after noon.